Book Review: The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles

I got this book from a YA box subscription that I didn't really want. So, maybe I'm salty about that. But I don't think so. I might also be done with over-done tropes. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's just jump in:

The Goodreads bit:

"For the perfect love, what would you be willing to lose?

It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods—only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X." ...[Go to Goodreads page]

My Two Cents:

Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

It seems like it’s been forever since I’ve written a review. It was almost two months ago! I’m not sure that I know how to write one… bear with me.

The Goodreads Mumbo Jumbo:

"Remember, it’s only a game…

Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.

But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner..." [go to Goodreads]

Dewey's April 2017 - Sign Up Post

Okey Dokey,

I signed up for Deweys Readathon for this Satruday. I have lots of other things scheduled but I’ll shove some books in- between. I'm thinking I might get about 12-14 hours in. I've got two shows that I am in on Saturday and one show that I am doing the merchandise table for. It's 42nd Street, so I actually want to watch it. There goes 3.5 hours down the non- reading drain right there! On Sunday I have book club and then the final public for for Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. So, I can't really be up for the whole 24 hours.

Audiobooks are a busy-readathon-day must, y’all! I'll have one running through all commutes and set up, etc.

Readthon TBR:

This is a loosely goosely list because I might ditch this plan and read a bunch of other stuff. But, I hope to read at least four books so my list includes a couple of with are nibbles of novels, as Becky calls them [link].

• Radio Silence by Alyssa Coles: for Read Harder
• Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris: For book club
• The House of Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: It’s been on my TBR for a while and I own it.
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (audiobook)
• Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (audiobook)

Currently Reading:
Before Saturday I plan to finish my two currently in progress books.  If all things go well, I will end April right at my goal of having read 10 books per month. 

RocTBF2017: Books I Already Read

This will be my third year trying to read one book from each RocTBF author. I’m just dropping this little post as a shout out to the authors that I have already read who will be participating this year. I have discovered some awesome books. In fact, the reason I keep failing my own challenge is because I get caught up reading multiple books by the same author, rather than moving on down the list.

	Previously Read	Any Strong Feelings?
Renée Ahdieh	"Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, book 1)", "The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn, book 2)"	I talked about Book 1 for days.
Charles Benoit	"Fall From Grace" and "You".	Both books were awesome.
Libba Bray	"Diviners"	I think I don’t like this time period?
Zac Brewer	"The Blood Between Us ", "Cemetery Boys", "Eighth Grade Bites” Books 1 – 5, I think	This is an author I go back and forth about.
Michael Buckley	"Undertow: Undertow Series (Book 1)" "The Fairy-Tale Detectives: The Sisters Grimm”	Love both series so far.
Ellen Hopkins	"Burned", Smoke	I was surprised at how much I loved Burned.
A. S. King	"Reality Boy", "Ask the Passengers" "Dust of 100 Dogs". "I Crawl Through It"	Ask the Passengers was a must read. I Crawl Through it was SUPER confusing.
David Levithan	"Every Day"	This is a wonderful book, but I’m scared to read the second one.
Sarah J. Maas	“A Court of Thorns and Roses”	Great.
Danielle Paige	"Dorothy Must Die” Trilogy	One of my favorite retellings.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz	"Aristotle and Dante Discover the Universe"	I didn’t love it as much as the internet told me I would. But I did like it a lot.
Terry Trueman	"Stuck in Neutral"	I was so pissed off about the ending!

Related Posts:  My Other Current Book Challenge

 

RocTBF2017 - Running Post

It’s an absolute travesty that I have yet to post about the 2017 Rochester Teen Book Festival. What is my life, yall?

RocTBF is an annual event focused on… yes… young adult literature. It’s grown into a massive event with over 2000 teens and 300 volunteers. This will be my fifth year volunteering I think.

So, for the last couple of years, I’ve tasked myself with having read at least one book by each author who will be there by the day of the festival. This can include books that I previously read. Ya know, the beauty of giving yourself a challenge is that you can basically change the rules when you realize that you were over- ambitious!

I’ve never actually met the goal completely,  though 2015 was NOT MY FAULT!!

 

So, this year, there are 28 (AAAHH) authors scheduled to attend. For the last couple of years, at least one or 2 authors have to cancel at that the last minute but you can’t predict who it’ll be! So... here's the running list/ progress (updated 5/13):

What I've Been Reading (Outbox 4/03)

I started this post thinking that I was going to do a full March wrap-up post. But then I remembered that I did a random outbox post a couple of weeks ago. So, I guess this is just another one of those for the last part of March. Basically, my previous plan for what I usually post has gone to shit (and when was the last time I did one of my feature posts!?), but you'll have to just bear with me, folks. 

Once again, we've got a bit of book highlights and a bit of lamenting/ rejoicing about a show I'm in.